Li Zicheng handed over most of the cavalry (about 200 cavalry) to Liu Zongmin, leaving only a dozen or so cavalry by his side. He knew that if there were fewer people left, he would definitely not be able to stop those Ming troops. And at this time, if you bring fewer people, you won't be too conspicuous, and it will naturally be easier to escape.

Liu Zongmin arched his hand to Li Zicheng on the horse and said, "Take care of the emperor!" Then he turned his horse's head, drew his sword, raised it high, and shouted to the cavalry: "Sons, go with the general to kill those dog officers and soldiers!" Then he caught the horse's belly with his feet and took the lead in rushing over.

Li Zicheng also arched his hand to Liu Zongmin and said, "Take care, brother." Then he turned his horse's head, and took the dozen or so horsemen, and galloped away in the opposite direction. Li Zicheng knew that although the number of cavalry led by Liu Zongmin did not seem to be less than that of the other party, once the two sides fought, they would definitely not be the opponent of Zheng Jiajun's cavalry. First of all, the horses and weapons of the Zheng cavalry were better. Moreover, the cavalry under Liu Zongmin ran all night, and the people were sleepy and lacking horses. The pre-dawn rest didn't actually make them recover, and even the fatigue became heavier. Therefore, even if these cavalry were the most elite, best-equipped, and best-trained in the Shun army, Li Zicheng still felt that under such circumstances, they would never be the opponent of the Zheng Jiajun on the opposite side. In the precious time that these loyal cavalrymen had bought him with their lives, he had to run as far as he could.

Zhang Ying looked at the cavalry of the Shun army who was approaching him from a distance, and said to Shi Lezhi, the commander of the cavalry company beside him: "The morale of these gangs is good, they didn't run, and they came at us." ”

"Battalion commander, can we still be afraid of them?" Shi Lezhi said disdainfully, "Just them? We can crush them with a single charge! ”

Zhang Ying shook his head, the company commander under him fought bravely, but he always liked to be brutal. Sometimes it makes Zhang Ying wonder why such a person was assigned to the side of the light cavalry, instead of the heavy cavalry, which needs the most bravery. However, this guy's skills are indeed very good, almost relying on equestrian skills and knife skills, he forcibly cut himself into a company commander. However, Zhang Ying thinks that this guy is probably a company commander at the top, if he doesn't get rid of the habit of doing it himself faster than using his brain.

"They ran out of Xiangyang last night and ran all night to get here, and now they should be sleepy and tired, under normal circumstances, they definitely don't have the courage to take the initiative to attack us." Zhang Ying thought, "There must be something strange in this." ”

It's just that this place is a big plain, and Liu Zongmin's cavalry blocked their view, so they couldn't see the retreat of Li Zicheng and the others.

"Their horses are running out." Zhang Yingdao, "Let's drag them around twice first, and use our speed to defeat them!" ”

Shi Lezhi pursed his lips, of course he knew that Zhang Ying's style of play was safer and could get a better exchange ratio, but it was really, too unpleasant. However, Zhang Ying is the battalion commander, and he also knows that Zhang Ying's decision is right. Now the opponent has about two hundred horsemen, and there is only one company on his side, (the other two companies were assigned to other directions, Zhang Ying is not very at ease with Shi Lezhi, so he personally took Shi Lezhi's company) If he rushes hard, he should be able to defeat the opponent quickly, but it is impossible for him to lose nothing.

"Company Commander Shi, you take the first platoon and the second platoon first, and go around from the left, and I will take the third platoon and the battalion cavalry squad a little behind. They're probably going to split up against us, and we're going to pull them into a millstone, you know? Zhang Ying looked at Shi Lezhi's eyes and said.

"Understood." Shi Lezhi replied that this kind of completely bullying tactic was a very common trick in the light cavalry of the Model Army.

After saying this, Shi Lezhi shouted: "One row and two rows, follow me!" So he rode his horse first and trotted out. Zhang Ying saw Shi Lezhi running out of more than 200 steps with two platoons, so he waved his hand; "Come with me!"

Shi Lezhi and the cavalry did not rush directly towards Liu Zongmin, but tried to bypass them from their right. Liu Zongmin didn't know that these Ming cavalry didn't see Li Zicheng and them fleeing, and when he saw their move, he naturally thought that this was an attempt by the enemy army to bypass them and pursue Li Zicheng. Naturally, they couldn't just let them go. Li Zicheng hadn't run far at this time, these Ming army's horses were fast, if they really wanted to let them bypass, they would definitely be able to catch up with Li Zicheng and them.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin hurriedly commanded the cavalry to turn to the right, their war horses were not as fast as the mixed Arab horses of the light cavalry of the model army, and at this time, coupled with exhaustion, it was naturally more difficult to stop the enemy. Liu Zongmin had to whip his already tired horses to increase their speed as much as possible in order to stop the model army light cavalry.

Shi Lezhi continued to control the war horses, with the first and second rows, and continued to deviate to the left at a moderate speed, so that soon the situation would become that they were running in front, and those Shun cavalry followed him, and then Zhang Ying led another part of the cavalry followed behind the Shun army, and took advantage of the speed advantage to attack those Shun troops from behind. Of course, the Shun army can also divide its troops like them. But it didn't work, because Zhang Ying could have used his speed advantage to launch a round of attacks, then break away from the fight before the Shun army behind him caught up, and attack again when he had opened up the distance. Of course, the Shun army does not seem to have played such a complex tactic now.

Liu Zongmin led the cavalry to chase hard, but the speed of the enemy still had a clear advantage, and now the cavalry he led had become closely behind Shi Lezhi's people, and Zhang Ying also chased after him with the cavalry. Shi Lezhi controlled the speed steadily, making Liu Zongmin unable to catch up, and not letting him be left too far behind. When he looked back at the distance of the Shun army, Shi Lezhi faintly saw that there seemed to be more than a dozen enemy cavalry fleeing from here on the other side. But what about how many of them? Besides, there was a thief general wearing a golden helmet and armor behind him. Just look at the armor, it must be a big official, who can take care of so many cavalrymen.

Zhang Ying also saw that several cavalry in the distance were rapidly moving away, unlike Shi Lezhi, Zhang Ying almost instantly figured out the question in front of him, that is, why these cavalry tried to come up and take the initiative to engage him.

"It must be a big fish, a big fish that is more important than these cavalry, plus the thief in the golden helmet and armor combined! Who can have so many cavalry guards? Who can get so many cavalry for you to cover his escape? Zhang Ying felt his heart pound, and a name popped out of his mind!

"Li Zicheng! Li Zicheng shouldn't be among that group of people, right? Zhang Ying thought.

Before the start of the campaign, Zheng Sen placed his cavalry around Xiangyang, and their most important task was to intercept Li Zicheng, who might break through and escape.

"Our army has limited strength and cannot besiege the entire city, and there will definitely be many thieves who escape. Therefore, the task of the cavalry on the periphery is to search for the fleeing thief army, especially the thief. ”

This is what Zheng Sen said when he arranged the campaign mission. All the light cavalry, heavy cavalry, dragoons, almost all of them were sent to carry out this task, unexpectedly......

"Three platoon commanders, you take three platoons to continue to fight with Company Commander Shi! Others, follow me to chase the enemy over there! "Zhang Ying doesn't have too many cavalry around him, so he can use shouting to adjust the deployment.

"My subordinates understand!" The three platoon commanders also shouted in reply.

Zhang Ying turned his horse's head and chased after Li Zicheng in the direction of Li Zicheng's escape with a dozen light cavalry.